The Trump administration is contemplating granting Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, legal immunity from a federal lawsuit alleging that he orchestrated a conspiracy to kill a former higher-level Saudi official, reports .
The State Department’s legal workplace is taking into account the request, and will present its findings to Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, who would make a recommendation to the Department of Justice, a individual familiar with the matter told . The case against Prince Mohammed was filed in federal court in Washington in August.
The present case accuses Prince Mohammed of deploying operatives in the U.S. to track down Saad Aljabri, a former higher-level official who has worked with U.S. intelligence agencies, and then dispatching a group to assassinate him.
According to the report, a State Department recommendation could also lead to the dismissal of the Prince as a defendant in other instances not too long ago filed in the United States, such as ones accusing him of ordering the death of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.